搏

搏	U+640F, 搏 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-640F

Translingual

Han character

搏 (Kangxi radical 64, 手+10, 13 strokes, cangjie input 手戈月戈 (QIBI), four-corner 5304₂, composition ⿰扌尃)

Derived characters

𥴮

References

Kangxi Dictionary: page 446, character 14
Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 12466
Dae Jaweon: page 796, character 34
Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 3, page 1930, character 1
Unihan data for U+640F

Chinese

trad.		搏
simp. ^#		搏

Glyph origin

Characters in the same phonetic series (甫) (Zhengzhang, 2003)

	Old Chinese
豧	pʰoːs, pʰa, *pʰas
縛	baːɡs, baɡ
逋	*paː
餔	paː, baːs
晡	*paː
庯	*paː
陠	paː, pʰaː
鵏	paː, baːs
峬	*paː
誧	paː, pʰaː, pʰaːʔ, pʰaːs
秿	paː, pʰa, *baʔ
鯆	paː, pʰaː, *paʔ
補	*paːʔ
圃	paːʔ, paːs
鋪	pʰaː, pʰaːs, *pʰa
痡	pʰaː, pʰa
浦	*pʰaːʔ
烳	*pʰaːʔ
溥	pʰaːʔ, paːɡ
悑	*pʰaːs
酺	*baː
匍	*baː
蜅	baː, paʔ
脯	baː, paʔ
葡	*baː
蒱	*baː
蒲	*baː
簿	baːʔ, baːɡ
捕	*baːs
哺	*baːs
簠	pa, paʔ, *pʰas
甫	*paʔ
黼	*paʔ
莆	*paʔ
俌	paʔ, pʰaʔ
郙	paʔ, pʰa
傅	*paɡs
搏	paɡs, paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ
麱	*pʰa
尃	*pʰa
榑	*ba
輔	*baʔ
鬴	*baʔ
賻	*baɡs
博	*paːɡ
髆	*paːɡ
鎛	*paːɡ
猼	*paːɡ
餺	*paːɡ
簙	*paːɡ
鑮	paːɡ, baːɡ
欂	paːɡ, baɡ, *breːɡ
蒪	*pʰaːɡ
膊	*pʰaːɡ
薄	*baːɡ
礡	*baːɡ

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 / 形声, OC *paɡs, *paːɡ, *pʰaːɡ): semantic 手 (“hand”) + phonetic 尃 (OC *pʰa).

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bó (bo²)

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄛˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bok³
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): phok / pok

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bó
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄛˊ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: bó
  - Wade–Giles: po²
  - Yale: bwó
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bor
  - Palladius: бо (bo)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pu̯ɔ³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
  - Jyutping: bok³
  - Yale: bok
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bok⁸
  - Guangdong Romanization: bog³
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɔːk̚³/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou, Zhangzhou, General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: phok
  - Tâi-lô: phok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: phog
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pʰɔk̚⁵/
  - IPA (Xiamen, Zhangzhou, Taipei, Kaohsiung): /pʰɔk̚³²/
- (Hokkien: Quanzhou, Xiamen)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: pok
  - Tâi-lô: pok
  - Phofsit Daibuun: pog
  - IPA (Xiamen): /pɔk̚³²/
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /pɔk̚⁵/

Middle Chinese: pjuH, phak, pak

Rime
Character	搏	搏	搏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
Initial (聲)	幫 (1)	滂 (2)	幫 (1)
Final (韻)	虞 (24)	鐸 (104)	鐸 (104)
Tone (調)	Departing (H)	Checked (Ø)	Checked (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Closed	Closed	Closed
Division (等)	III	I	I
Fanqie	方遇切	匹各切	補各切
Baxter	pjuH	phak	pak
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/pɨo^H/	/pʰwɑk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Pan Wuyun	/pio^H/	/pʰʷɑk̚/	/pʷɑk̚/
Shao Rongfen	/pio^H/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/puə̆^H/	/pʰwak̚/	/pwak̚/
Li Rong	/pio^H/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Wang Li	/pĭu^H/	/pʰuɑk̚/	/puɑk̚/
Bernhard Karlgren	/pi̯u^H/	/pʰwɑk̚/	/pwɑk̚/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	fù	po	bo
Expected Cantonese Reflex	fu³	pok³	bok³

Old Chinese
(Baxter–Sagart): /*pˤak/, /*p(r)ak-s/

(Zhengzhang): /*paɡs/, /*paːɡ/, /*pʰaːɡ/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	搏	搏
Reading #	1/2	2/2
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	bó	bó
Middle Chinese	‹ pak ›	‹ pju^H ›
Old Chinese	/*pˁak/	/*p(r)ak-s/
English	strike	strike
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. [t] as coda may in fact be -t or -p; Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	搏	搏	搏
Reading #	1/3	2/3	3/3
No.	3458	3475	3486
Phonetic component	甫	甫	甫
Rime group	暮	鐸	鐸
Rime subdivision	0	0	0
Corresponding MC rime	付	博	𩔈
Old Chinese	/*paɡs/	/*paːɡ/	/*pʰaːɡ/

Definitions

搏

to come to blows
to beat; to pulsate; to throb
to struggle; to wrestle; to work hard; to strive
to suddenly attack; to give a surprise attack; to pounce
to pillage; to plunder; to take away by force; to snatch; to wrest; to seize
to arrest; to apprehend

Synonyms

(to come to blows): 對打／对打 (duìdǎ)
(to beat): 跳動／跳动 (tiàodòng)
(to struggle):

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一力 (yīlì)
下力 (xiàlì)
不遺餘力 / 不遗余力 (bùyíyúlì)
僶俛 / 𠊟俯 (mǐnmiǎn) (literary)
儘力 / 尽力 (jǐnlì) (archaic)
全力以赴 (quánlìyǐfù)
出力 (chūlì)
力 (lì) (literary, or in compounds)
力圖 / 力图 (lìtú)
力求 (lìqiú)
力爭 / 力争 (lìzhēng)
加勁 / 加劲 (jiājìn)
努力 (nǔlì)
勉力 (miǎnlì)
呵嘶呵嘶 (o⁴ sr¹ o⁴ sr¹) (Xiang)
強力 / 强力 (qiánglì) (literary)
悉力 (xīlì) (literary)
打拼 (dǎpīn)
拍拚 (Hokkien, Teochew)
拍灘 / 拍滩 (Xiamen Hokkien)
拼搏 (pīnbó)
摔拍 (Zhangzhou Hokkien)
攢勁 / 攒劲 (zan³ jin⁴) (Xiang)
旅力 (lǚlì) (literary)
極力 / 极力 (jílì)
殫力 / 殚力 (dānlì)
用力 (yònglì)
盡力 / 尽力 (jìnlì)
竭力 (jiélì)
竭盡全力 / 竭尽全力 (jiéjìnquánlì)
落力 (lok⁶ lik⁶) (Cantonese, Hakka, Hokkien, Teochew, Wenzhounese, Pinghua)
賣力 / 卖力 (màilì)
賣力氣 / 卖力气 (mài lìqi)

(to suddenly attack): 突襲／突袭 (tūxí)
(to pillage):

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削 (literary, or in compounds)
剽取 (piàoqǔ)
劫掠 (jiélüè)
強奪 / 强夺 (qiángduó)
掠取 (lüèqǔ)
掠奪 / 掠夺 (lüèduó)
搶奪 / 抢夺 (qiǎngduó)
擄掠 / 掳掠 (lǔlüè)
攫奪 / 攫夺 (juéduó) (literary)
洗劫 (xǐjié)

(to arrest):

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俘獲 / 俘获 (fúhuò)
俘虜 / 俘虏 (fúlǔ)
囚俘 (qiúfú) (literary)
抓 (zhuā)
抓獲 / 抓获 (zhuāhuò)
拘捕 (jūbǔ)
拿獲 / 拿获 (náhuò)
捉 (zhuō)
捉拿 (zhuōná)
捕捉 (bǔzhuō)
捕獲 / 捕获 (bǔhuò)
搜捕 (sōubǔ)
擒拿 (qínná)
擒獲 / 擒获 (qínhuò)
攝 / 摄 (literary, or in compounds)
查獲 / 查获 (cháhuò)
緝拿 / 缉拿 (jīná)
緝捕 / 缉捕 (jībǔ)
緝獲 / 缉获 (qìhuò) (literary)
被捕 (bèibǔ) (to be arrested)
被逮 (bèidǎi) (to be arrested)
訪拿 / 访拿 (fǎngná) (literary)
訪緝 / 访缉 (fǎngjī) (literary)
跴緝 / 跴缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
踩緝 / 踩缉 (cǎijī) (literary)
巡捕 (xúnbǔ)
追拿 (zhuīná)
追捕 (zhuībǔ)
追擊 / 追击 (zhuījī) (to pursue and attack)
追索 (zhuīsuǒ) (literary)
追緝 / 追缉 (zhuījī)
逮捕

Compounds

Japanese

Kanji

搏

(Hyōgai kanji)

Readings

On (unclassified): はく (haku)
Kun: うつ (utsu, 搏つ)、とる (toru, 搏る)

Korean

Etymology 1

Hanja

搏 (eumhun 두드릴 박 (dudeuril bak))

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Etymology 2

Hanja

搏 (eumhun 어깨 박 (eokkae bak))

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Vietnamese

Han character

搏: Hán Nôm readings: vác, bác

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